SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?90%★Outstanding
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Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?82%Good
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Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 26 good, 5 exceptional, 2 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Merryfields is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 5 other homes in Suffolk.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Felixstowe Care Homes For The Elderly Limited, Merryfields is a residential care home in Felixstowe, Suffolk with 20 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia. That is smaller than most homes in Suffolk, where the typical home has 36 beds.
CQC last rated the home in September 2026, giving it Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated caring as Outstanding. That matches its previous rating, from April 2018. That is more recent than most ratings in Suffolk, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. 2 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “medicines optimisation”.
About 0.4 km away, White Gables Residential Care Home is rated Outstanding. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in September 2026. That is true of 92% of homes in Suffolk. In Suffolk, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
